Neighbors feeding neighbors since 2009

Feed the block. Paint the block.

A free grocery pantry, a Thursday dinner for 200, and a two-acre garden on the Northside. Come hungry, come to help, or just come say hello.

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Everyone eats

Teens and volunteers laughing while painting a bright mural
  • Free groceries
  • Thursday dinners
  • Two-acre garden
  • No paperwork
  • Open Tue–Sat
  • Everyone eats
148k
Meals shared

Pantry groceries and Thursday dinners in 2025.

340
Volunteers

Giving 21,600 hours a year.

15
Years on Alder Street

Same corner, same front door since 2009.

Get involved

Pick your way in.

Pack a Saturday

Volunteer

Two hours, a crew of twenty, and a lot of produce.

Pick a shift

Fill a shelf

Give

$30 a month keeps a family's shelf full.

Donate

Claim a plot

Grow

86 family plots and a teaching bed for kids.

See the garden
Kids and a coach playing with colorful balls in a bright gym

Our story

It started with one pot of chili.

Common Table began as a Thursday dinner for eleven people in a church basement. Today it's a pantry, a garden, a kitchen, and a market stand, all run by the neighbors who use them.

  • 148k meals shared in 2025
  • 3,012 families served
  • 86 family garden plots
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Thursday dinner

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Dinner is every Thursday at 5:30. Bring a friend, or come alone and leave with a few.

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